blown
Meaning
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- Distended, swollen, or inflated.
- Panting and out of breath.
- Formed by blowing.
- Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
- (obsolete) Stale; worthless.
- Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
- Given a hot rod blower.
- Having failed.
Synonyms
fully expanded
blast-produced
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bləʊn/
Etymology
From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan. Morphologically blow + -n.
New
blow
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- To produce an air current.
- To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
- To be propelled by an air current.
- To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
- To create or shape by blowing.
- To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- To clear of contents by forcing air through.
- To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
- To make a sound as the result of being blown.
- To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
- To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
- To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
- To blow from a gun.
- To cause the sudden destruction of.
- To suddenly fail destructively.
- (slang) To recklessly squander.
- (informal) To fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.
- (slang) To be very undesirable.
- To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man).
- (slang) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
- To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
- (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed.
- (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
- (obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
- To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
- To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
- To talk loudly; boast; brag.
- (slang) To slander, insult, critique or discredit (someone); to reprimand or scold (someone).
- (slang) To expose, or inform on.
- (informal,slang) To sing.
- To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
- (colloquial,slang) To flatulate or defecate.
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